Robert Moss News

The McKittrick Hotel (542 W 27th Street, New York, NY), home of Sleep No More, is thrilled to announced that the Manhattan premiere of the song cycle Ghost Quartet by Obie Award winner Dave Malloy has added 24 more performances (full schedule below).

Zuccotti Park, a new musical with book & lyrics by Catherine Hurd and music composed by Vatrena King about the human side of economics, will be produced by Salgado Productions at the NYC Venus/Adonis Theater Festival. The show will perform at The Robert Moss Theatre and will run February 26-March 1. Click below for a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal!

Arden Theatre Company continues its 27th season of great stories with Macbeth by William Shakespeare. Alexander Burns directs. Macbeth runs from March 5, 2015 - April 19, 2015, on the Arden's F. Otto Haas Stage at 40 N. 2nd Street in Philadelphia.

Venus Theater Festival presents BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN (MONDAY: FEB. 16, Curtain 6:15 PM; FRIDAY: FEB. 20, Curtain 9:00 PM; SUNDAY: FEB. 22, Curtain 4:30 PM) at the Robert Moss Theatre.

Produced by Salgado Productions and will be presented at the NYC Venus/Adonis Theater Festival, the show will perform at The Robert Moss Theatre and will run 2/26-3/1. Scroll down for a sneak peek at the cast in rehearsal below!

Luis Salgado, who most recently was involved in the developmental lab for the new Gloria Estefan Musical On your Feet, has signed on as director/choreographer of the NYC World Premier of Zuccotti Park. Book and lyrics by Catherine Hurd and music composed by Vatrena King, with musical direction by Joshua Coyne. This new musical about the 'Human Side of Economics' will have 4 performances and close the 2015 Venus/Adonis Festival.

She Came to Tea, a new short play by Rachel Herron, will make its debut as part of the Venus Theater Festival. The play, also directed and starring Rachel, will be performed at the Robert Moss Theater on the 23rd, 25th, and 28th of February.

On January 15th, 17th, and 18th, 2015, Youth + Blood + Roses, a new play by Michael Joel, will make its New York debut as part of the Venus/Adonis Theater Festival. The play features Aryana Sedarati, Jeremy Landes, Kaitlin Overton, David Acosta, Katie Frazer, and is assisted directed by Mike McQuade.

Presented by the Venus Festival at Robert Moss Theater; Abstract Sentiment Theatre Company's presents their second production of their 2014-2015 Season. Written by ASTC's Artistic Director, Viktoria I.V. King and directed by Alice Camarota (Resident Director); the multi-talented cast aligned includes: Devin Tillman(Actor's Studio Drama School's MFA Acting alumni),Lenna Parisyan, Ross Bergen, Marcus Brandon, Theresa Lehn, James Karl Campbell, Ramiq Harris, Brie Brewer and Ken Straus.

Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. has announced that after the critically-acclaimed eight-month, off-Broadway run and first national tour of their interactive, improvised musical, THE GREATEST PIRATE STORY NEVER TOLD!, their merry band of singing pirates will return to the Snapple Theater Center with an all new production: THE GREATEST PIRATE HOLIDAY SPECTACULARRR! The production will open today, December 20th at 11:00 a.m. for a strictly limited holiday engagement of only ten performances. Co-authors Christopher and Rick Leidenfrost-Wilson will direct.

Paprika Productions has announced that it will present the New York premiere of BURQ OFF!, a gutsy autobiographical one-woman show written and performed by Nadia Parvez Manzoor that humorously and insightfully navigates the complexities of life as a modern Muslim Woman in the West. Previews begin January 7, with an official opening on January 10. The run will continue through Saturday, Jan 18, 2015 at Teatro Circulo, 64 East 4th St. Tara Elliott directs. http://nadiapmanzoor.com.

On November 17, at the Annual Membership Meeting in New York City, SDC announced the results of the 2014 Executive Board Elections.

Upcoming Non-Equity Auditions from Sunday, November 16, 2014.

Off Sides Entertainment, Inc. has announced that after the critically-acclaimed eight-month, off-Broadway run and first national tour of their interactive, improvised musical, THE GREATEST PIRATE STORY NEVER TOLD!, their merry band of singing pirates will return to the Snapple Theater Center with an all new production: THE GREATEST PIRATE HOLIDAY SPECTACULARRR! The production will open on Saturday, December 20th at 11:00 a.m. for a strictly limited holiday engagement of only ten performances. Co-authors Christopher and Rick Leidenfrost-Wilson will direct.

Primary Stages has launched the Primary Stages Off-Broadway Oral History Project, a new endeavor to capture the oral history of the New York Off-Broadway and Off-Off Broadway theatre movement through the first-hand accounts of the pioneers who created it.

Quintessence Theatre Group launches its fifth season of progressive classic theatre with an all-male Shakespeare repertory: AS YOU LIKE IT presented in rotating repertory with RICHARD II. Bringing together the best professional actors and designers from Philadelphia and across the country, Artistic Director Alexander Burns leads this collective of artists on a mission to ignite the classics through visceral, actor-focused and text-driven productions. AS YOU LIKE IT will begin previews today, October 1 at 7pm and open on Saturday, October 4 at 8pm. RICHARD II will begin previews on Thursday, October 9 at 7pm and open on Saturday, October 18 at 8pm. All performances are at the Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave in Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA.

Quintessence Theatre Group launches its fifth season of progressive classic theatre with an all-male Shakespeare repertory: AS YOU LIKE IT presented in rotating repertory with RICHARD II. Bringing together the best professional actors and designers from Philadelphia and across the country, Artistic Director Alexander Burns leads this collective of artists on a mission to ignite the classics through visceral, actor-focused and text-driven productions.

HelikonRep announced that it will produce the world premiere of THE SUN EXPERIMENT, by NYTW Emerging Playwright of Color CATHERINE YU, at the 18th annual New York International Fringe Festival. Inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Nightand named for 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory on the rotation of the sun, THE SUN EXPERIMENT will be directed by HelikonRep Artistic Director and Drama League Directing FellowELENA HEYMAN.

The Dirty Blondes, a feminist theater company with a taste for provocation, present this brand new play -- THE TUNNEL PLAY -- by playwright and Artistic Director Ashley Jacobson, directed by Courtney Laine Self, in their first ever production in the New York International Fringe Festival.

HelikonRep announced that it will produce the world premiere of THE SUN EXPERIMENT, by NYTW Emerging Playwright of Color CATHERINE YU, at the 18th annual New York International Fringe Festival. Inspired by Shakespeare's Twelfth Nightand named for 20th century philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's theory on the rotation of the sun, THE SUN EXPERIMENT will be directed by HelikonRep Artistic Director and Drama League Directing FellowELENA HEYMAN.